Harvest Home concert set at Community Hall on Nov 6
Local harvest news notes visitors to Brandon and surrounding farms. Families like the Hackmans and Dunns head home to Ontario, while Yuel and others return after weekends. A wine and green cushion were won at Minniska school. $16.10 raised for the Junior Red Cross. Harvest Home event scheduled for 8:30 pm at the Russell Community hall.
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L-Cpl
Hackman
Carol ‘Ann
S. Hackman
Lorne Kroft
Nathan Wiedmyre
Jack Atcheson
Stan Smyth
J. Dunn
Hanover
Ont
W. A. Yuel
Brandon
Zina Atcheson
Billie Johnson
D'Arcy Kyer
Watson Dunn
Cornwall
Les. Davidson
G. Ferguson
Russell
Minniska School
Harvey Hackman
Frank Mushumanski
Red Cross
Silverton War Work Meeting Packed Clothes for Europe
A Red Cross war work meeting in the Silverton hall on Tuesday packed several hundred pounds of clothing for Europe. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Staples visited with Mr. and Mrs. Watt Broadfoot on Sunday. Mrs. Crerar left Saturday for her
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Red Cross
Europe
C. H. Staples
Watt Broadfoot
Weekend visits and local sale noted at Dropmore
Miss Sopp spent the weekend with friends at MacNutt while Mrs Turta and Donnie stayed in Winnipeg. Frank Bird and his son also traveled to Winnipeg. A Junior Red Cross sponsored dance is planned in Dropmore hall on Friday October 26. One of the first army trucks sold for civilian use was seen in Dropmore last week, bought by Lloyd Leslar at the War Assets Corporation sale in Brandon. the vehicle was manufactured in Winnipeg.
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Miss Sopp
MacNutt
Passing of W L Bell at 92 in Harrowby area
W L Bell aged 92 years 6 months died October 19 at Yorkton hospital after a brief illness. He leaves a son Harry Welwyn a stepdaughter Mrs D Davies Harrowby a brother Manson and a sister Moose Jaw Sask. He lost two sons in wars. Burial was in Welwyn cemetery October 21. He moved to Yorkton recently for a rest and pneumonia ended his days.
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W. L. Bell
Yorkton Hospital
Bell
Harry
Welwyn
D. Davies
Harrowby
Manson
Moosomin
Sask
Welwyn Cemetery
Yorkton
C. H. Carroll
Kiddies
Regina
C. H
Local Visitors and Injury Report at Williams Home
Pl D Scobie of Church and R B Williams of the Regt are visiting Mr and Mrs Wm Williams. Mrs W S Duke had a painful accident Saturday when her arm was caught in a power wringer while operating it. We wish her a speedy recovery.
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D. Scobie
Church
R. B. Williams
Regt
Wm. Williams
W. S. Duke
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Ben Tae
Winnipeg
Exservicemen
Shea’s
Theresa
Manitoba
Canada
Joan
the Government OF
THE
Province OF
Vicky
Prairie
National Employment Office
Agricultural
Humphrey Mitchell
Labour
A. Macnamara
Minniska
Mel Anderson
Portage la Prairie
Torrance
Binscarth
Roy Anderson
Mere
Silverton
Dropmore
P. Pacy
H. H. Hannam
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Mr. Hannam
Victory Loan
National War Finance Committee
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